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1. Ear-Infection Executive (pdf file)
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   May 01, 2013 - OME) is defined as a collection of fluid in the middle ear without signs or symptoms of acute ear infection … The leading causes include viral upper respiratory infection, acute otitis media (AOM), and chronic … This usually happens after patients develop a severe upper respiratory infection such as sinusitis,

2. Antibiotics-Respiratory-Infection Clinician (pdf file)
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   March 01, 2016 - Interventions To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections … strategies for reducing antibiotic use in adults and children with uncomplicated acute respiratory tract infections … this summary is based on Improving Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections … ; SOE = strength of evidence; SR = systematic review; URTI = upper respiratory tract infection … ; SOE = strength of evidence; URTI = upper respiratory tract infection AHRQ Pub.

3. Antibiotics-Respiratory-Infection Executive (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2016 - For adults and children with an acute respiratory tract infection, what is the comparative effect of … For adults and children with an acute respiratory tract infection, what is the comparative effect of … For adults and children with an acute respiratory tract infection, what is the comparative effect of … , or to determine if an infection is more likely to be bacterial rather than viral. … Respiratory Tract Infections – Antibiotic Prescribing.

4. Infection Control | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   August 10, 2015 - Home Health Topics I Infection … S T U V W X Y Z Health Topics Infection … Control Description Every year, lives are lost because of the spread of infections in hospitals … These steps are part of infection control. … Proper hand washing is the most effective way to prevent the spread of infections in hospitals.

5. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Active Infection Surveillance of Clostridioides difficile and Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales (CRE), Candida auris | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   September 01, 2023 - In the United States, more than 2.8 million antimicrobial-resistant infections occur each year and more … are the focus of multiple frameworks for mitigating the threat of harm due to healthcare associated infections … patients for MRSA, CRE, C.auris , and C.difficile that focus on healthcare associated infections … The incremental cost of infections associated with multidrug-resistant organisms in the inpatient hospital … Strategies to prevent Clostridioides difficile infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 update.

6. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Prevention of Transmission of Infection With Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   September 01, 2023 - events (VAP/VAE) Surgical site infection (SSI) COVID-19 infection Tuberculosis infection … Identifying Healthcare-associated Infections (HAI) for NHSN Surveillance . January 2023. … National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections: Road Map to Elimination. … Clostridioides difficilea Infection. … Infections Due to Other Multidrug-Resistant Organisms.

7. Otitis Media With Effusion: Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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8. Improving Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   March 01, 2021 - Improving Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections … Citation: Improving Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/antibiotics-respiratory-infection  

9. antibiotics-respiratory-infection-protocol-140922 (pdf file)
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   September 22, 2014 - antibiotics-respiratory-infection-protocol-140922 … Key Question 2: For patients with an acute respiratory tract infection (RTI) and no clear indication … Key Question 3: For patients with an acute respiratory tract infection (RTI) and no clear indication … Key Question 4: For patients with an acute respiratory tract infection (RTI) and no clear indication … Abbreviations: RTI, Respiratory Tract Infection; ED, Emergency Department; QoL, Quality of Life.

10. Interventions To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Interventions To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections … Interventions To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections … strategies for reducing antibiotic use in adults and children with uncomplicated acute respiratory tract infections … Interventions To Improve Appropriate Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections … Project Timeline Improving Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections

11. Active Surveillance Culturing of Clostridioides difficile and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales, and Candida auris | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 01, 2024 - questions remain about the cost and effectiveness of specific surveillance strategies in reducing clinical infection … that active surveillance culturing limited to high-risk patient populations could significantly reduce infections … Project Timeline Making Healthcare Safer IV: Active Infection Surveillance of Clostridioides difficile … Practices for a New Rapid Review or Rapid Response Technical Brief Nov 01, 2022 Infection … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/mhs4-active-infection/rapid-research  

12. Research Protocol: Clostridium difficile Infection Update (pdf file)
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    December 23, 2014 - Unfortunately, protocols for targeted hospital acquired infections are not always congruent. … Available at: http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/asset s/File/c-diff-infections-nomination- 140925 … Renewed interest in a difficult disease: Clostridium difficile infections--epidemiology and current … Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Clostridium difficile infections. … Strategies to prevent clostridium difficile infections in acute care hospitals.

13. Otitis Media With Effusion: Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - effusion (OME) is defined as a collection of fluid in the middle ear without signs or symptoms of ear infection … Although rare, OME also occurs in adults, usually developing after a severe upper respiratory infection … For example, it can be helpful to elicit a history of recent upper respiratory infection, allergy, subjective … Definition of Terms Acute otitis media: An acute infection of the middle ear that can be viral and … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/ear-infection/research-protocol  

14. Emergency Medical Service/911 Workforce Infection Control and Prevention Issues | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2022 - severity, missed work, healthcare utilization, separation from the workforce, disability, and death from infections … severity, missed work, healthcare utilization, separation from the workforce, disability, and death from infections … Conceptual framework for infection prevention and control in EMS/911 workforce (IPC = infection prevention … Severity Missed work Healthcare utilization Separation from the workforce Disability Death from infections … EMS provider compliance with infection control recommendations is suboptimal.

15. Infection Prevention and Control for the Emergency Medical Services and 911 Workforce | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    April 01, 2023 - Most research since 2006 has concentrated on the epidemiology of infections and infection risk. … Twenty-five observational studies reported on the epidemiology of infections in the EMS and 911 workforce … Eleven observational studies reported on infection prevention and control practices (IPC), providing … Moderate evidence exists on the epidemiology of infections and effectiveness of IPC practices in EMS … Infection Prevention and Control for the Emergency Medical Services and 911 Workforce.

16. Prevention in Adults of Transmission of Infection With Multidrug-Resistant Organisms | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    October 01, 2024 - Systematic reviews, which were primarily of observational studies, included a wide variety of infection … there is little evidence of their downstream impact on rates of infection. … infection and colonization by multidrug resistant organisms. … Prevention in Adults of Transmission of Infection With Multidrug-Resistant Organisms. Rapid Review. … Project Timeline Making Healthcare Safer IV: Prevention of Transmission of Infection With Multi-Drug

17. Improving Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Reports Improving Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections … Improving Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections … comparative effectiveness of interventions for improving antibiotic use for acute respiratory tract infections … Project Timeline Improving Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/antibiotics-respiratory-infection/research

18. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Prevention of Health Care–Associated Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - The focus will first be on bloodstream infections and then on catheter-associated urinary tract infections … For SSI: If the study reported infection rates, was surveillance for infections performed after hospital … Guidance on public reporting of healthcare-associated infections: recommendations of the Healthcare Infection … terms Surgical wound infection[mh] OR surgical site infection*[tiab] OR postoperative infection*[ti … ] OR postsurgical infection*[ti] OR wound infection*[ti] OR sternal wound infection*[tiab] OR postoperative

19. EMS/911 Workforce Infection Control | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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20. Otitis Media With Effusion: Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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